61202 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: September 30, 2013. 

Oliver Potts, 

Deputy Executive Secretary to the 

Department, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24211 Filed 9–30–13; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Parts 413 and 424 

[CMS–1446–CN] 

RIN 0938–AR65 

Medicare Program; Prospective 

Payment System and Consolidated 

Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for 

FY 2014; Correction 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects 

technical errors that appeared in the 

final rule published in the August 6, 

2013, Federal Register entitled 

‘‘Medicare Program; Prospective 

Payment System and Consolidated 

Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for 

FY 2014.’’ 

DATES: These corrections are effective 

October 1, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kane, (410) 786–0557. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In FR Doc. 2013–18776 of August 6, 

2013 (78 FR 47936), there were a 

number of technical errors that are 

identified and corrected in the 

Correction of Errors section below. The 

provisions in this correction document 

are effective as if they had been 

included in FR Doc. 2013–18776 

published August 6, 2013, hereinafter 

referred to as the FY 2014 SNF PPS final 

rule. Accordingly, the corrections are 

effective October 1, 2013. 

II. Summary of Errors 

A. Summary of Errors in the Preamble 

On page 47958, in our discussion of 

consolidated billing, a citation to the 

Medicare Claims Processing Manual 

(CMS Publication 100–04) was 

inadvertently abbreviated incorrectly. 

On page 47963, in our discussion of 

ensuring accuracy in grouping to 

rehabilitation RUG–IV categories, a 

citation to the Medicare Benefit Policy 

Manual (CMS Publication 100–02) was 

inadvertently abbreviated incorrectly. 

B. Summary of Errors in the Addenda 

On pages 47969 through 47975, in 

Table A: FY 2014 Wage Index for Urban 

Areas Based on CBSA Labor Market 

Areas, we inadvertently included 

several incorrect urban area titles for 

certain core-based statistical areas 

(CBSAs). As the result of receiving a 

corrected hospital cost report file, we 

also determined that we had 

inadvertently used incorrect wage data 

in calculating the wage index value for 

CBSA 30780 (Little Rock-North Little 

Rock-Conway AR), producing an 

incorrect wage index value for this 

CBSA. 

III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking 

and Delayed Effective Date 

We ordinarily publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register to provide a period for public 

comment before the provisions of a rule 

take effect in accordance with section 

553(b) of the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). However, 

we can waive this notice and comment 

procedure if the Secretary finds, for 

good cause, that the notice and 

comment process is impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest, and incorporates a statement of 

the finding and the reasons therefore in 

the notice. 

Section 553(d) of the APA ordinarily 

requires a 30-day delay in effective date 

of final rules after the date of their 

publication in the Federal Register. 

This 30-day delay in effective date can 

be waived, however, if an agency finds 

for good cause that the delay is 

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest, and the agency 

incorporates a statement of the findings 

and its reasons in the rule issued. 

We find for good cause that it is 

unnecessary to undertake notice and 

comment rulemaking because this 

document merely provides technical 

corrections to the FY 2014 SNF PPS 

final rule in the preamble and addenda. 

We are not making substantive changes 

to our payment methodologies or 

policies, but rather, are simply 

implementing correctly the payment 

methodologies and policies that we 

previously proposed, received comment 

on, and subsequently finalized. This 

correction document is intended solely 

to ensure that the FY 2014 SNF PPS 

final rule accurately reflects these 

payment methodologies and policies. 

Therefore, we believe that undertaking 

further notice and comment rulemaking 

activity in connection with it would be 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. 

Further, we believe a delayed 

effective date is unnecessary because 

this correction document merely 

corrects inadvertent technical errors. 

The corrections noted above do not 

make any substantive changes to the 

SNF PPS payment methodologies or 

policies. Moreover, we regard imposing 

a delay in the effective date as being 

contrary to the public interest. We 

believe that it is in the public interest 

for providers to receive appropriate SNF 

PPS payments in as timely a manner as 

possible and to ensure that the FY 2014 

SNF PPS final rule accurately reflects 

our payment methodologies, payment 

rates, and policies. Therefore, we find 

good cause to waive notice and 

comment procedures, as well as the 30- 

day delay in effective date. 

Correction of Errors 

In FR Doc. 2013–18776 of August 6, 

2013 (78 FR 47936), make the following 

corrections: 

A. Corrections to the Preamble 

1. On page 47958, third column, first 

paragraph, lines 30 and 31, the 

parenthetical citation ‘‘(see Pub. L. 100– 

04, ch. 6, § 20.4)’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘(see Pub. 100–04, ch. 6, § 20.4)’’. 

2. On page 47963, first column, third 

full paragraph, lines 10 and 11, the 

parenthetical citation ‘‘(see Pub. L. 100– 

02, ch. 8, § 30.6)’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘(see Pub. 100–02, ch. 8, sec. 30.6)’’. 

B. Corrections to the Addendum 

1. On pages 47969 through 47975 in 

Table A—FY 2014 Wage Index for 

Urban Areas Based on CBSA Labor 

Market Areas, 

a. The urban areas for the listed 

entries (CBSAs) are corrected to read as 

follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Urban area 

(constituent counties) 

Wage 

index 

12420 ..... Austin-Round RockSan Marcos, TX.0.9576 

12540 ..... Bakersfield-Delano, 

CA.

1.1579 

13644 ..... Bethesda-RockvilleFrederick, MD.1.0319 

16740 ..... Charlotte-GastoniaRock Hill, NC-SC.0.9447 

22744 ..... Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield, FL.1.0378 

b. The wage index for the listed entry 

(CBSA 30780) is corrected to read as 

follows: 


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1TCAS is an airborne warning system designed 

to avert mid-air collisions. See Review of part 87 of 

the Commission’s Rules Concerning the Aviation 

Radio Service, Report and Order and Further Notice 

of Proposed Rule Making, WT Docket No. 01–289, 

18 FCC Rcd 21432, 21467 n.265 (2003) (Part 87 

Report and Order). In the Part 87 Report and Order, 

the Commission adopted a proposal to permit 

ground testing of TCAS on frequency 1090 MHz, 

and amended § 87.475(c)(2) of the rules, 47 CFR 

87.475(c)(2), accordingly. See Part 87 Report and 

Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 21467 para. 74. When it 

amended § 87.475(c)(2) later in that proceeding, 

however, the Commission inadvertently removed 

the language authorizing ground testing of TCAS on 

1090 MHz. See Review of Part 87 of the 

Commission’s Rules Concerning the Aviation Radio 

Service, Second Report and Order and Second 

Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, WT 

Docket No. 01–289, 21 FCC Rcd 11582, 11587–88 

para. 6 (2006) (Part 87 Second Report and Order). 

In the NPRM in this proceeding, the Commission 

proposed to correct that error by amending 

§ 87.475(c)(2) to restore the deleted language. See 

NPRM, 25 FCC Rcd at 3357 n.13. We now adopt the 

proposed correction. 

CBSA 

code 

Urban area 

(constituent counties) 

Wage 

index 

30780 ..... Little Rock-North Little 

Rock-Conway, AR.

0.8632 

c. The urban areas for the listed 

entries (CBSAs) are corrected to read as 

follows: 

CBSA 

code 

Urban area 

(constituent counties) 

Wage 

index 

36740 ..... Orlando-KissimmeeSanford, FL.0.9063 

38900 ..... Portland-VancouverHillsboro, OR-WA.1.1766 

41700 ..... San Antonio-New 

Braunfels, TX.

0.8911 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: September 27, 2013. 

Jennifer M. Cannistra, 

Executive Secretary to the Department, 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24080 Filed 9–30–13; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 87 

[WT Docket Nos. 10–61 and 09–42, RM– 

11503, RM–11596; FCC 13–30] 

Aviation Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) amends its rules to 

authorize the use of frequency 1090 

MHz by aeronautical utility mobile 

stations for airport surface detection 

equipment, commonly referred to as 

vehicle ‘‘squitters,’’ to help reduce 

collisions between aircraft and airport 

ground vehicles. In addition, we 

establish service rules for audio visual 

warning systems to help aircraft in flight 

avoid antenna structures and other 

obstacles. We also adopt rules to permit 

ground testing of aviation data link 

systems, and decline to authorize 

remote monitoring of certain automated 

ground stations. 

DATES: Effective November 4, 2013. The 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in the rule is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of November 4, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Maguire, Mobility Division, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 

418–2155. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order (R&O), in WT Docket No. 10– 

61; FCC 13–30, adopted February 28, 

2013, and released March 1, 2013. The 

full text of this document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY– 

A257, Washington, DC 20554, or by 

downloading the text from the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_

Business/2013/db0301/FCC-13- 

30A1.pdf. The complete text also may 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street 

SW., Suite CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554. Alternative formats are available 

for people with disabilities (Braille, 

large print, electronic files, audio 

format), by sending an email to 

FCC504@fcc.gov or calling the 

Consumer and Government Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Background 

1. Air traffic controllers utilize airport 

surface detection equipment (ASDE–X) 

to manage the movement of aircraft on 

airport surfaces, but the current system 

does not allow the positive 

identification of ground vehicles such as 

snowplows and maintenance vehicles 

that routinely operate on the runway 

movement area. See 47 CFR 87.345. 

Unless the vehicle is visible from the 

control tower, air traffic controllers can 

determine only its location, but not the 

vehicle type or the operator. See NPRM, 

25 FCC Rcd at 3356 para. 3. In response 

to growing concerns about airplanes 

colliding with or having to take evasive 

maneuvers to avoid vehicles on the 

airport surface, the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) seeks to expand 

the use of ASDE–X to manage the 

movement of service vehicles as well as 

aircraft in the runway movement area. 

2. The National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

supported by the FAA, filed a petition 

for rulemaking requesting that the 

Commission amend part 87 of the 

Commission’s rules to allow use of 

frequency 1090 MHz for tracking of 

ground vehicle movements on the 

airport surface. See Petition for 

Rulemaking of the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (July 29, 2008). In the 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 

Order (NPRM), the Commission noted 

that the frequency 1090 MHz is 

currently used for ASDE–X to manage 

the movement of aircraft on airport 

surfaces and for other things, such as 

the Traffic Alert and Collision 

Avoidance System (TCAS),1 but 

tentatively concluded that permitting 

use of the frequency by vehicle squitters 

would further the public interest. See 

NPRM, 25 FCC Rcd at 3356 paras. 6–7. 

3. Accordingly, the Commission 

sought comment on proposed technical 

and service rules for vehicle squitters on 

frequency 1090 MHz. See NPRM, 25 

FCC Rcd at 3357 paras. 9–14. The 

NPRM sought comment on whether the 

Commission should limit operation of 

vehicle squitters to the runway 

movement area to prevent use of the 

system for purposes other than vehicle 

and aircraft safety (such as tracking 

baggage carts). See NPRM, 25 FCC Rcd 

at 3357 paras. 12. The NPRM also 

tentatively agreed with NTIA’s proposal 

that the Commission coordinate 

applications with the FAA through the 

Interdepartment Radio Advisory 

Committee (IRAC), and it sought 

comment on whether the Commission 

should require applicants to precoordinate with the relevant FAA 

Regional Office before filing an 

application with the Commission. See 

NPRM, 25 FCC Rcd at 3357 para. 13. 

I. Procedural Matters 

A. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis 

4. This document contains new or 

modified information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public 

Law 104–13. Specifically, it requires 

prospective DLT station licensees to 

coordinate their applications with ASRI, 

the aeronautical enroute station 


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